Genetics/ Moral Weakness
Is there a genetic component to addiction?
YES <3
Brain development goes into early to mid _____'s?
20's
Denial is a river in _____?
Egypt
Stress =
CRAVING
genetics make up _% to _% of the risk
40 to 60
Young brains are especially susceptible to
alcohol and other psychoactive addictive drugs
Denial has ____ and _____?
Advantages and disadvantages
High stress hormone levels reset the brain's pleasure____?
What are some things you would say about someone if addiction is a moral weakness? They are ____?
Weak, Lazy, Irresponsible, Bad and/or Immoral
What part of the brain holds rational thinking and spirituality?
Frontal Cortex
Denial is __
Normal
What is pleasure deafness?
Anhedonia
Addiction is compared to other diseases that have a behavior component such as?
coronary artery disease and diabetes
Mid Brain overrides the ___?
Frontal Coretx
There must be something that matter with him because ?
He wouldn't be acting as he does unless there was
Choice is invalid because we don't have the choice not to ____?
Crave!
Addicts do bad things and they should be responsible and deserve consequences, but ____________?
IT IS STILL A DISEASE
What part of the brain holds the emotional memory?
Amygdala
Denial is thinking a pickle can become ____?
A cucumber again
Craving overrides________?
Frontal Cortex